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(February 14, 2019)
Things got a little "out there" last week and I found myself kneeling in wet sand having a conversation with a washed-up Pacific sand dollar (Dendraster excentricus). We talked about...

(January 10, 2019)
When it comes to snail appreciation, there are three types of people. Type 1 people display no curiosity about snails and don't want to learn anything new anyway. Fortunately, these...

The small, deadly pufferfish

(September 13, 2018)
Hi there. I'm your friendly neighborhood pufferfish from the family of fishes called Tetraodontidae. You'd probably like to learn something interesting about me. For example, my family has the fewest...

(June 7, 2018)
Bat rays (Myliobatis californica) live peacefully in an environment of frequent violence. So I'm sorry but there's nothing funny about bat rays. If you came here looking for cute little...